Network Security Engineer Jobs

Network Security Engineer
UK

The median Network Security Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 869 1045
Rank change year-on-year +39 +176 -265
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 66 101 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.097% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 64 76 146
10th Percentile £36,775 £42,063 £45,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,438 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.04% +11.36%
75th Percentile £77,835 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £92,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -15.09% +3.92% -7.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer.

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +70 57 £57,500 -8.00% 32
London +121 36 £70,037 +0.05% 14
Work from Home +74 26 £56,000 -6.67% 13
UK excluding London -17 23 £45,000 -15.09% 21
North of England +41 8 £50,000 -11.11% 3
South East +18 5 £37,500 -31.82% 8
North West +3 5 £50,000 -5.66% 3
Yorkshire +92 3 £50,000 -21.88%
South West -1 3 £32,500 -38.10%
Scotland - 3 £41,500 - 2
Wales +14 2 £46,250 +46.83%
East of England +12 2 £50,000 -16.67% 5

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (90.91%) Network Security
2 54 (81.82%) Cisco
3 35 (53.03%) Firewall
4 30 (45.45%) WAN
5 28 (42.42%) LAN
6 26 (39.39%) AWS
6 26 (39.39%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (39.39%) Palo Alto
7 25 (37.88%) Azure
7 25 (37.88%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (36.36%) Wireless
9 22 (33.33%) VPN
9 22 (33.33%) Microsoft
10 20 (30.30%) CCNA
10 20 (30.30%) Data Centre
11 19 (28.79%) SD-WAN
12 18 (27.27%) CheckPoint
13 16 (24.24%) VMware
14 15 (22.73%) CCNP
14 15 (22.73%) Cisco Firepower
15 14 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (21.21%) Cisco ISE
15 14 (21.21%) ITIL
16 12 (18.18%) BGP
17 11 (16.67%) Active Directory
17 11 (16.67%) VLAN
17 11 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
18 10 (15.15%) Splunk
18 10 (15.15%) Social Skills
18 10 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.52%) Apache
2 1 (1.52%) Gunicorn
2 1 (1.52%) nginx
2 1 (1.52%) uWSGI
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (39.39%) AWS
2 25 (37.88%) Azure
3 9 (13.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (12.12%) AWS Direct Connect
4 8 (12.12%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (9.09%) IaaS
5 6 (9.09%) PaaS
5 6 (9.09%) SaaS
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.03%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 60 (90.91%) Network Security
2 35 (53.03%) Firewall
3 30 (45.45%) WAN
4 28 (42.42%) LAN
5 24 (36.36%) Wireless
6 22 (33.33%) VPN
7 19 (28.79%) SD-WAN
8 15 (22.73%) Cisco Firepower
9 14 (21.21%) Cisco ISE
10 12 (18.18%) BGP
11 11 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (16.67%) VLAN
12 9 (13.64%) Cisco Wireless
12 9 (13.64%) NGFW
12 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
12 9 (13.64%) WLAN
13 8 (12.12%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (9.09%) DMZ
14 6 (9.09%) MPLS
General
1 10 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (10.61%) Telecoms
3 6 (9.09%) Finance
4 4 (6.06%) Publishing
5 3 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 3 (4.55%) Marketing
5 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Law
6 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.52%) Aviation
7 1 (1.52%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.61%) 802.1X
1 7 (10.61%) HTML
2 5 (7.58%) XMPP
3 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.30%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.61%) Hedge funds
2 7 (10.61%) PKI
3 5 (7.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.52%) CCTV
7 1 (1.52%) Derivative
7 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.06%) Linux
4 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.52%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (21.21%) ITIL
2 14 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (13.64%) SIEM
5 7 (10.61%) DevOps
6 6 (9.09%) Network Design
6 6 (9.09%) Network Management
6 6 (9.09%) Open Source
6 6 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 6 (9.09%) Service Design
7 5 (7.58%) Cloud Security
7 5 (7.58%) Computer Science
7 5 (7.58%) Data Centre Operations
7 5 (7.58%) Incident Management
7 5 (7.58%) Network Architecture
8 4 (6.06%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (6.06%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) C#
1 7 (10.61%) PowerShell
1 7 (10.61%) SQL
2 2 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (37.88%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (30.30%) CCNA
3 15 (22.73%) CCNP
4 6 (9.09%) MCSA
4 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 5 (7.58%) CISSP
5 5 (7.58%) Degree
5 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.06%) CCIE
6 4 (6.06%) CISA
6 4 (6.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (4.55%) CCDP
7 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.55%) GIAC
7 3 (4.55%) JNCIA
8 2 (3.03%) CCIP
8 2 (3.03%) MCP
9 1 (1.52%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) NCSC
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Cisco CUCM
1 7 (10.61%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.03%) Nessus
Vendors
1 54 (81.82%) Cisco
2 26 (39.39%) Palo Alto
3 22 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 18 (27.27%) CheckPoint
5 16 (24.24%) VMware
6 10 (15.15%) Splunk
7 9 (13.64%) Juniper
8 6 (9.09%) SolarWinds
9 4 (6.06%) F5
9 4 (6.06%) Fortinet
10 3 (4.55%) Forcepoint
10 3 (4.55%) Sophos
10 3 (4.55%) WatchGuard
11 2 (3.03%) Blue Coat
11 2 (3.03%) HP
11 2 (3.03%) Infoblox
11 2 (3.03%) SonicWALL
12 1 (1.52%) Aruba
12 1 (1.52%) Barracuda Networks
12 1 (1.52%) Riverbed